BFGoodrich is well-known for its passenger car, light truck and commercial vehicle tires, but the American company has now decided to branch out into the wiper blade market, introducing a new wiper that is tailored to the needs of off-roaders.
The BFGoodrich Off-Road Wiper Blade features a heavy-duty exterior design with a durable rubber element and tread pattern that is inspired by the company’s All-Terrain T/A KO2 Tire. The company says its so-called “Weather Repelling Technology” is ideal for repelling mud, rain, snow and ice away from the blade, providing superior performance and easily wiping clear mud, bugs, rain, snow, and other grime. BFGoodrich is also rather proud of the wiper’s “X-Flex Suspension” which it says helps to provide “complete windshield contact” when the wipers are in motion.
These unique blades were designed for BFGoodrich on behalf of the wiper blade experts at Pylon Manufacturing Corporation. Pylon says the wipers were made specifically for trucks, Jeeps, SUVs and other 4x4s.
“These wiper blades are tough enough for off-road driving, with proven performance for everyday travel,” Pylon said in a statement. “Whether faced with mud, rain, snow or grime, the BFGoodrich Off-Road Wiper Blades are built to improve visibility in even the toughest of conditions.”
These wipers sound ideal for off-roaders and owners of go-anywhere GM products like the Chevrolet Silverado Trail Boss, Tahoe Z71 or GMC Sierra AT4, but there’s one catch: the price. These wipers retail for $79 a pair, so they definitely don’t come cheap. That may seem like a steep price for a wiper blade to some, but dedicated off-roaders may be happy to fork over that sum for a set of wipers if it means improved visibility when out on the trails.
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Blades that cost 24-30 dollars are no better than ones that are under 10 a piece. If they don’t last longer no point in buying expensive wiper blades. All of them work well when new its how they perform a couple of months of use and sitting in the sun.
Project Farm did a great bit on this. He left multiple brands out in direct weather for 1 year just sitting in the sun and then tested them. Youtube channel Project Farm.
I’d link it but this site wants to embed it.
In my experience, Bosch blades last 2-3 years, whereas the standard retail ones last 6 months.
And they don’t all “work well when new”. I tried these Trico hybrid ones and they completely lifted off on one section of my truck windshield.
Trico Extreme Weather have been the best for ice chatter and clearing mud in my experience. And very affordable on Amazon
Blades tough enough to handle spattered mud and debris, that’s cool.
Honestly, I’d might fork it over for that price. I live in the boondocks beside a gravel quarry and a steel mill. My road is gravel (mud right now) and do farm work withy truck through the woods. The cheap walmart blades last me 6 months, and squeak after 1, rain X premium last only about a year and a half before being chipped, but they never squeak. I might break even with these, but at least is won’t always be changing blades.
Just more gimmicks. Just buy a good quality wiper blade.
Generally many discount outlets sell the lowest cost items and hence you get low quality wipers.
The wiper companies have tried a number of gimmicks but it generally goes back to the same thing.
I have found the OE wipers to go a year as well as some high grade Trico wipers to go a year,
Depending on sun the life may vary but don’t fall for gimmicks.
FYI most of these wipers with tire company name name are bade buy a supplier. There are two companies here in town that supply the rubber for blades and they are not a tire company.
“You get what you pay for.” Anybody ever heard of this saying? Well, it’s very true in many cases. Wiper Blades are one of those things! Living in Georgia we don’t get much snow that sticks anymore, but it’ll get cold enough to freeze the rain into ice. Cheap wiper blades don’t work very well with removing layers of ice/sleet from your windshield even as you defrost from the inside. Then there’s the thunderstorms we seem to frequently get here too, so the quality of your blades are important as well. The last thing you want in a rainstorm is squeaking and streaking wiper blades that actually make it harder to see out of the windshield depending on the severity of the weather and again the quality of those working blades.
I did extensive research and started buying Bosch Icon blades for all of my cars. They’re kinda hard to find, but worth the look! Two of my cars were even frequently in the sun, but the blades never experienced any change in functionality or appearance. These blades are the best I’ve come across. They created super clean & smooth sweeps that were basically silent regardless of wiper speed. I had them on my Chevrolet Malibu for a little over 2 years.
I remember one time my 2014 Malibu LT was vandalized and I had her in the shop. My rental was a brand new Charger SXT and leaving Enterprise I drove into a rainstorm in Atlanta. There was such a huge difference in performance that it was one of the very first things that I noticed. The streaks in the windshield, the loud noises the wipers made, and the poor visibility. It felt like no matter how fast I set the wiper speed, there was always more rain on the windshield than the wipers were removing.
I’ve driven through pent storms here in Atlanta. I know for a fact I would’ve been able to see much better had I been in my own car. I’ve learned from experience that brand/type of windshield wipers CAN/WILL make a difference in the elements.